History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
David McCormick (1895 – ?), 20, was the assistant radio operator of the Lusitania on that ship’s last voyage, serving with Robert Leith. McCormick had been in the radio room when the ship was torpedoed. He and Leith stayed at their posts to send out distress signals until no more could be done. McCormick had …
Arthur Graham ‘Jo’ Elliott, 19, was a British subject who served in the deck department for the crew of the Lusitania‘s last voyage. He had jumped from the Naiad to Lusitania with brothers Leslie and John Morton to contribute to the war effort back home in the United Kingdom. Elliot served as a lookout with …
Annie Kelly, 19, was a deported third-class passenger from County Galway, Ireland, who had been detained at Ellis Island after she was discovered to have a heart condition on her previous passage aboard Lusitania from Ireland to America. Her family in Boston appealed to Boston Mayor James Michael Curley and Massachusetts Congressman James Gallivan for …
Cliff Morton Able-Bodied Seaman Saved John Morton. Image credit: Michael Poirier/National Archives. Born John Clifford Morton 18 May 1895 Great Crosby, England, United Kingdom Died 6 June 1943 (age 48) HMS Asbury Age on Lusitania 19 Lifeboat 1, 15 Rescued by Flying Fish Interred Asbury Park (now Monmouth) Memorial Park, Tinton Falls, New Jersey, United …
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